Vehicle-wheel.



No. 679,294. Patented luly 30, wol.

w. s. cANNAnAY.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

Application filed. Naw. 14.. 19.09,)

(No Model.)

@gm A Girmi/m lINrTEo STATES PATENT EETEET WINFIELD S. CANNADAY, OFFLORENCE, ALABAMA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO ANDREW B. PAXTON, OFALEXANDRIA, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,294, dated July 30,1901.

Application filed November 14, 1900. Serial No. 36,511. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WINEIELD S. CANNA- DAY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Florence, in the county of Lauderdale and State ofAlabama, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Wheel, of which thefollowing is a specication.

The present invention relates tc vehiclewheels; and one object thereofis to provide a yielding connection between the spokes and hub whichwill take up the jars and shocks imparted to the wheel, and thus relievethe vehicle-body, and consequently the occupant, from the same.

A further object is to so construct the wheel that the several elementsare accessible for the purpose of adjustment and may be readily andeasily separated should it become necessary to replace or repair any ofthe parts.

In carrying out the above objects the following-described constructionis preferred; but it will be understood that the invention is not to belimited to this construction and maybe changed and modified within thescope of the appended claims. The preferred form of construction is alsoillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- .Figure 1 is aperspective view of a vehiclewheel embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is avertical section through the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlargedcross-section through the hub.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral igu res of the drawings.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates the improved hub, 11 the fellyand tire, and 12 the spokes connecting the same. The hub 10 comprises apreferably solid body 13, having the usual spindle-receiving opening 14and provided on its exterior face with a central annular bearing-flange15, having a flat outer face. Arranged transversely across thisbearing-flange is a plurality of flat leaf-springs 16, which project onboth sides of the flange and are provided in their opposite ends withopenings 17 for the reception of the spokes 12. To hold these springs 16in place upon the bearing-flange, a retaining-band 18 surrounds the sameand clamps them securely to said flange, this band having its endsdetachably secured together by an adj usting-screw 19 or other suitablefastener. The inner ends of the spokes 12 are passed through theopenings 17 in the springs and are adjustably secured therein by meansof the nuts 20, screwed thereon. The opposite ends of these spokes aresecured to the felly. A very simple and efficient manner of constructingthe spokes is to make each pair of a single rod, which is passed throughthe felly and has its ends secured to the opposite ends of the samespring, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The operation of the wheel will be evident. When it strikes anobstruction or unevenness, the jar occasioned thereby will betransmitted through the spokes to the springs, which will give, and thustake up the shock and not transmit it to the hub. By having the springsspaced from the hub considerable movement will be allowed. The nutsofthe spokes are in a readily-accessible position,and by tightening orloosening them the proper tension will be given the spokes and the wheelaccordingly adj usted. Should any of the parts become broken or wornfrom any cause, by loosening the retaining-band 18 such part or partsmay be quickly removed and replaced.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention'will be apparent tothose skilled in the art Without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vehicle-Wheel, a hub, a plurality of leaf-springs arrangedlongitudinally along the hub, and each having one portion secured to thehub and a free end portion, and spokes secured to said free endportions.

2. In a vehicle-wheel, a hub, a plurality of leaf-springs arrangedlongitudinally of and clustered about the hub, said springs having freeends, and spokes secured to said free ends.

3. In a vehicle-wheel, a hub carrying a plurality of independentleaf-sprin gs secured intermediate their ends, and spokes secured to theopposite ends of said springs.

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4C. In a vehiole-Wheel, a hubcarryin-g a plu.- rality of independentleaf-springssecured intermediate their ends, and spokes detaehably andadjustably secured to the opposite ends of said springs.

5. In a vehicle-wheel', a hub, a plurality of leaf-springs detaehablysecured intermediate their ends to said hub, and spokes secured to theopposite ends of said springs.

6. In a vehicle-Wheel, a hub having an annular bearing-flange, aplurality of leafsprings secured to said flange and projectingv on bothsides thereof, and spokes secured to the projecting ends of saidsprings.

7. In a vehicle-Wheel, a hub having an annular bearing-Harige, aplurality of' leafsprings arranged upon saidfbearing-fiangeyaclamping-band surrounding theleaf-springs, and? spokes secured to said.springs.

8. In a vehicle-Wheel, a hub having a centrally-arranged annular flangeon its exterior faee,y a plurality of iat leaf-springs arranged uponsaid Iiange and having their ends projeet-ng beyond the opposite side edges there-

